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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The CMInet multiport board
Message-ID: <1655@agora.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 89 04:27:06 GMT
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From article <12949@s.ms.uky.edu:, by kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron):
: Does anyone have any experience with the new CMInet multiport board?
: It claims to have a serial port, a parallel port, an RS-422 port with
: Apple-style connector, and an optional SCSI interface.

	I have one... It does have all of those ports!

: I have an A1000 with a memory board that doesn't pass the bus.
: I am mostly interested in:

	Currently, you'll need a ZORRO-II expansion box also. The 1000
version isn't out yet. Last I heard from CMI, they were doing a stripped
down verison for the 500 (Appletalk only) followed by a full featured
version for the 500 (Adds memory connector to 2000 version) and only then
the 1000 version.

: 1) The bus-passing ability, or lack thereof, of this board.
: 2) The SCSI interface.  Is it available yet? If so, how much?  If
:    not, when?  How well does/will it perform?

	I have the SCSI option on mine. It works as advertised (not too
suprising, CMI did the C-Ltd and Supra interfaces...) It's actually
faster than my Supra interface on my 1000, but not as fast as the
wordsync interface for the 2000.

: Kenneth Herron
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